THE JOB
Cobbossee is a 4-week, 2-session sleepaway summer camp in Maine. The dates for this position run from June 11th to August 12th, 2023.
For more on what summer camping actually is, see the very bottom of this document!
Cobbossee is looking for a few talented and motivated Tennis Instructors/ Counselors to intern this summer. Situated in the middle of our huge, green campus lies our professional Tennis Program. With six hard courts and five clay courts tennis has been one of the boys’ most popular program areas at Cobbossee.
This is all down to our 30 year, veteran Head of Tennis, Lloyd Johnson whose resume includes coaching the Jamaican National team. Lloyd loves coaching tennis to the boys as well as his Tennis staff, who improve their own game and grow as coaches over the summer. Everybody loves tennis at Cobbossee whether they are a camper or the staff. If you coach already and want to grow or want to improve your own game as a player, working under Lloyd will provide these things.
Alongside Tennis Program responsibilities, Tennis Counselors live in a bunk with (and care for!) a set of campers whilst working at the courts during the day. They teach tennis to a range of age groups and skill sets, all under the watchful eye of Coach Johnson who will help them to increase their playing and coaching ability through the 7 weeks of summer.
This position is also responsible for the upkeep of the courts, inter-camp tennis competitions and generally contributing to a strong team. You want to belong to an amazing crew, develop as a coach and do good work all summer? This is for you.
THE BENEFITS
Ever wanted to see New England? Well, in addition to your salary and bonus, Cobbossee will provide you with a travel stipend so you can get out to Maine without spending your own money.
Room and board is also provided ALL SUMMER LONG, so you won’t have any outgoings whilst at camp and on-site laundry, Staff room, weight room and all of our facilities are there for you to enjoy free of charge. You’re also in luck because the food is famously good at Cobbossee. No, really, it is!
Check out Louis on our website.
Further, and maybe most importantly for a summer work experience; days off and nights out are spent with other adventurous college-aged folks like you. Our counselors make lifelong friends at Cobbossee. Many return year-to-year. We have a very rich social scene over the summer, hiring men and women from all over the states and world.
OTHER POSSIBLE BENEFITS
We can configure your employment this summer as job training, an internship, or just a really great summer job. Each year Cobbossee provides around 20-30 staff with internships in a range of sports and positions. Many schools have different requirements so learning objectives and contact hour requirements will be discussed through the interview process to ensure we provide the best professional development for you through this work experience.
Our director, Josh Holland, is a former academic and can make sure your experience is converted into internship credit if that’s what you want. Especially if you are in any child-centered major (teaching, education, coaching) or any sports-related field (sports management, kinesiology, movement, physical-education), this experience can be one of the best paid internships you can find. Even without course credit, we can ensure that professional learning outcomes are created and achieved throughout your summer with us.
THE BOTTOM LINE
“Summer jobs” are often seen as throwaway jobs. Not here. This job is going to challenge you. You are going to give of yourself, have an absolute blast, develop strong friendships with your peers, and really make a difference in young people’s lives. Please read our Handshake reviews. Our Staffing Director will also be happy to connect you with last years staff members if you want to hear about it from them first hand.
You should come work at Cobbossee because we are one of the best. We develop counselors like we develop campers. You will change for the better. It will truly be the summer of your life.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
You should immediately head to https://www.campcobbossee.com/experience/#work and apply online. Our Staffing Director, Matt “Jonesy” Jones will be in touch very quickly. You can also call us at 800-473-6104 if you have more questions or simply text Jonesy at 207-305-2170.
For anyone not familiar with the huge world of sleepaway camps in New England, it works as follows:
All over the northeast each summer, families send their boys and girls up to New England to spend anywhere from a couple weeks to the entire summer at a sleepaway camp. Sometimes people who are not from the east coast see this as a strange choice, maybe even a mean choice! “Don’t they like their kids?” the question goes. Of course they do. They love their children and it’s hard for them to be away from them for the time they are at camp. But parents sacrifice time with their kids in the summer because summer camp is really good for young children. Camp (especially longer-term camps of four-to-eight weeks) teaches children independence, self-reliance, and confidence through the teaching of new skills, improving at sports, and living away from home. It isn’t always easy. But it is worth it! Crucial to this process are you, the counselor. You become like a family member to the campers in your cabin. In fact, you will find yourself developing really fast yourself, just so you can be the best counselor and instructor possible for your kids! It is rewarding, challenging, and transformative work to care for campers.
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